12/26/16 Answer LA Times Crossword

12/26/16

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1D
Tire inflators
PUMPS

2D
Frighten, as a horse
SPOOK

3D
Like old bread
STALE

4D
Most stylish
TONIEST

5D
Former Iranian despot
SHAH

6D
Unconvincing, excuse-wise
LAME

7D
Ex-slugger and Fox Sports analyst, familiarly
A-ROD

8D
Major tourist draws
MECCAS

9D
Kiss
SMOOCH

10D
“I have no clue”
BEATS ME

11D
Voice above tenor
ALTO

12D
Rural building with big doors
BARN

13D
With 10-Across, “Open sesame” sayer
ALI …

21D
Early Beatle Sutcliffe
STU

22D
Bears and Grizzlies
TEAMS

26D
Sound system part
AMP

27D
Bigwig
VIP

28D
Tests of knowledge
EXAMS

29D
Huff and puff
PANT

30D
Butterlike spread
OLEO

31D
Command from a bailiff
OYEZ!

32D
Uncle Remus rabbit’s title
BR’ER

33D
Nesting site, perhaps
EAVE

34D
Mariner Ericson
LEIF

38D
Often ___: about half the time
AS NOT

39D
Singer Rawls
LOU

40D
Nautical journal
LOG

43D
Long kiss
LIP LOCK

45D
Shrinking Asian lake
ARAL SEA

47D
Key with one sharp
E MINOR

48D
Plot mechanism
DEVICE

49D
Say further
ADD

52D
Totally tanks
FAILS

53D
Ready in the keg
ON TAP

54D
Blissful regions
EDENS

55D
Deal with adversity
COPE

56D
Commando weapons
UZIS

57D
“A Death in the Family” author James
AGEE

58D
Tropical hardwood
TEAK

59D
Sea eagles
ERNS

60D
Crib or cot
BED

1A
Furtive summons
PSST!

5A
Closes with force
SLAMS

10A
See 13-Down
BABA

14A
“It’s __ you”: “Your call”
UP TO

15A
Sultan’s group
HAREM

16A
Carrier to Tel Aviv
EL AL

17A
React to a bad pun, perhaps
MOAN

18A
BP merger partner
AMOCO

19A
Longfellow’s “The Bell of __”
ATRI

20A
Fabric with a slight sheen
POLISHED COTTON

23A
Clay pigeon sport
SKEET

24A
Tee shots into the hole
ACES

25A
Sophisticated-sounding hair treatment product
SUAVE SHAMPOO

32A
Slacks holder-upper
BELT

35A
Baker’s verb
MIX

36A
Like old apples
MEALY

37A
“Norma __”
RAE

38A
Fills with dismay
APPALLS

41A
Word in a bride’s bio
NEE

42A
The three monkeys’ taboos
EVILS

44A
Guernsey greeting
MOO

45A
Completely, after “from”
A TO Z

46A
Coffee sweetener
REFINED SUGAR

50A
Apple or pear
POME

51A
“Spider-Man” actor Willem
DAFOE

55A
Plowed ground for crop-raising
CULTIVATED LAND

60A
Classic clown
BOZO

61A
African country whose name is contained in the name of its southern neighbor
NIGER

62A
Internet destination
SITE

63A
It’s a long story
EPIC

64A
Porthole view
OCEAN

65A
Flair
ELAN

66A
Cubicle furnishing
DESK

67A
Smells awful
REEKS

68A
Once-sacred snakes
ASPS